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Call for Papers 00/01
The 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security
August 24
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August 27, 2026
ARES
The 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) will bring together researchers and practitioners in the areas of security, dependability, and privacy.
ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the research issues of dependability as an integrative concept that covers amongst others availability, safety, integrity, maintainability, covering important aspects of security in different fields and applications.
ARES emphasizes the interplay between foundations and practical issues of dependability in important areas such as e-government, mobile applications, ubiquitous computing, autonomous computing, edge computing, confidential computing.
ARES is devoted to the critical examination and research challenges of the various aspects of Dependable and Secure Computing and the definition of a future road map.
ARES is ranked as B-conference in CORE. The acceptance rate of the ARES 2025 conference was 19,5% (full and SoK papers only).
ARES 2026 will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS).
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT
ARES Conference Management
ares@sba-research.org
CONFERENCE OFFICERS
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
The success of ARES is fundamentally driven by its dedicated and engaged organizing committees and program committee members.
The PC of ARES 2026 will be published soon!
Deadlines
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Include, but are not limited to
Authorization, Authentication, and Access Control
Automated Vulnerability Repair
Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity
Botnets and Botnet Monitoring
Cloud Security
Compliance, Certification and Legal aspects related to Security and Privacy
Digital Forensics
Human Factors in Security and Privacy
Identity Management
Incident Response
Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection
Machine Learning for Security and Privacy
Security and Privacy for Machine Learning
Offensive AI
Mobile Security
Network Security
Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs)
Process based Security Models and Methods
Risk analysis
Side Channel Attacks
Software Security
Static and Dynamic Code Analysis for Security and Privacy
Security and Privacy for IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems
Resilience in Critical Infrastructures
Security and Privacy Awareness
Security by Design
Threats and Attack Modelling
Trusted Computing
Trust Models and Trust Management
Usable Security and Privacy
Web Application Security and Privacy
Submission
Authors are invited to submit research and application papers according the following guidelines.
Call for Workshops 01/01
Call for ARES Workshops 2026
The 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2026) will take place at Linköping University on 24-27 August 2026. In addition to the main conference, we invite proposals for workshops. ARES Workshops offer an excellent forum for researchers to connect, exchange ideas, and discuss focused and emerging topics in the areas of security, dependability, and privacy. Accepted papers in workshops will be published in proceedings by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS).
ARES CONFERENCE
ARES will bring together researchers and practitioners in the areas of security, dependability, and privacy. ARES highlights the various aspects of dependability – with special focus on the crucial linkage between availability, reliability and security. The acceptance rate of the ARES 2025 conference was 19,5% (full and SoK papers only). ARES is ranked as B-conference in CORE.
Workshop Proposal Submission
Each workshop proposal needs to be submitted by February 16, 2026. The workshop chairs will then decide if a workshop will be accepted.
Proposals need to include:
- Title of the workshop
- Name and affiliation (incl. country) of workshop chairs
- Main contact person with mobile number
- Short description - why the workshop is a good addition to the conference
- Planned review process (only necessary for new workshops)
- Call for Papers (use Template CfP Workshop) incl.:
- A preliminary list of potential program committee members (stating full name, affiliation, and country)
At least one Workshop Chair needs to attend the conference in person! The deadline for the Workshop registration is June 13, 2026.
Important Dates for submission of Workshop papers
- Submission Deadline: No later than May 18, 2026
- Author notification: No later than June 01, 2026
- Camera Ready Upload: June 13, 2026
- Conference: August 24- 27, 2026
Important General Information
The acceptance rate of submitted papers must be less than 50%. If workshop organizers want to be allowed to co-author papers to be published in the proceedings, a proper procedure to avoid conflicts of interest in the peer review process needs to be agreed upon in advance with the ARES general chairs, workshop chairs, and PC chairs. This includes general oversight by the workshop chairs over the selection process of the reviewers, the reviews, and the paper selection process, including a check for conflict of interests between authors and reviewers according to the ARES guidelines.
Furthermore, the ratio of accepted papers co-authored by workshop co-organizers must not exceed 20%.
Date and Sessions
Workshops might be held on day one or day four of the ARES conference. Please note that we cannot guarantee a certain date for your workshop. If you already are aware of time constraints, please let us know. Send information to ares@sba-research.org. The number of sessions for each workshop depends on the number of accepted papers and will be approved by the organizers on June 13, 2026; each session lasts 1,5h.
Submission
Please submit your workshop proposal until February 16, 2026 (use Template CfP Workshop) via email to ares@sba-research.org. Please check the topics of existing workshops before submitting your proposal: https://2025.ares-conference.eu/program/workshops/
PLEASE NOTE
All workshops need to act in accordance to the ARES workshop rules and regulations. Rules and Regulations need to be signed for each accepted workshop by at least one workshop chair and sent to ares@sba-research.org.